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He said: “Obviously, looking at the media these days you’re expecting people to be afraid of Muslims because we have become a sort of stereotype in their eyes and I wanted to show that society could come together and be one.

“Looking at Wales, it’s just a beautiful place and no one really discriminates against us, regardless of their religion.”

These two men were very forthcoming in standing up for him

A video of the social experiment has been posted on YouTube and has already been viewed more than 300,000 times.

It features four separate incidents when Kennedy approached Fahim while he was praying and captured the reactions of members of the public in locations including just outside St David’s shopping centre and Cardiff Castle.

Another group intervened when Kennedy approached Fahim

Fahim said: “Of course there was that element of whether people would join in with the abuse but the whole point of the experiment was to find out what they chose to do and people supported us.

“We were really happy to see the people in Cardiff sticking up for us and we weren’t expecting it.”